This formation would be best suited for home games, as if it was an away fixture I would invert the midfield triangle to have two holding midfield players and one attacking midfield player to provide extra security. This formation would turn into...
mbillington10 | 09.05.2011
Fletcher will be used as a high defensive midfielder to pressure the trio of Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta. Rooney will be deployed on the left to exploit space vacated by Alves. Hernandez's pace will be a constant threat due to barca's high def...
gazlfcforever | 05.05.2011 | Comments: 3
None of the managers will take a risk with non performing players. Manchester Utd will probably be more inclined to focus on not conceding rather than attacking. Chelsea will be nervous to attack with full force as they feel it will be harder to get ...
Zola | 05.05.2011 | Comments: 2
This is what I think would be the most lethal lineup in modern day soccer. Villa and Eto'o would make a deadly striker pairing. Messi and C. Ronaldo would be a terrifying force on the two wings, and Xavi would play through balls and passes in to ...
flxwu | 07.05.2011
This is what I think would be the most lethal lineup in modern day soccer. Villa and Eto'o would make a deadly striker pairing. Messi and C. Ronaldo would be a terrifying force on the two wings, and Xavi would play through balls and passes in to ...
flxwu | 07.05.2011
Germany, with Aydin and Schnellhardt coming inside, constantly batter the Czechs back into their own defensive third. Lack of width, however, allows their opponents to repell the attacks, the pressing of the Czech forwards forcing the Germans to use...
cjfthistle | 06.05.2011
Spider-Man in goal, Cann and Williams in front of him with Eckersly and Borman on the right and left.Although De Guzman had a knock in midweek vs Edmonton he walked off the field without a limp so I think he will be fit enough to play as we w...
TFCBlogger | 06.05.2011
This is the starting formation. Only late in extra time would O'Neill introduce Maloney for Petrov to add an extra attacker.
cjfthistle | 06.05.2011
A basic view of Aberdeen's 2-1 aet victory in Gothenburg, based on what I could find of the game on youtube. Black is replaced by Hewitt in the later stages.
cjfthistle | 06.05.2011
My personal best Man Utd eleven, and the one I would use against Barcelona at Wembley.Subs would be:Kuszczak / LindegaardFabio / O'SheaSmalling / EvansFletcher / ParkScholes / GibsonGiggs / ObertanBerbatov / Owen
Legendary | 06.05.2011
Rather than accepting the orthodoxy of 4-4-2, it is interesting to note how the two teams adapted their strategies to cope with each other's strengths.While England started very offensively - intitially I was tempted to place Wrig...
cjfthistle | 02.05.2011 | Comments: 1
starts out basic 4-4-2...when the ball moves up into the other teams half, the outside mids then move forward to become strikers, the two inside mids move to the outside and if the ball is on the left side, the left centre back moves into the...
Niagara | 04.05.2011
